Inquiry and Analysis- lesson 2 working in pairs (Post by Hiya)

Inquiry and Analysis- lesson 2 working in pairs and deciding final project:

Unit: Tech Fair Project Global context: Scientific and technical innovation
Statement of Inquiry: Developments in technology could be seen as blessing or a curse depending on the impact it has on an individual or society.
Inquiry Question: How can we use Technology to help develop our ideas to create a masterpiece for the ‘Tech Fair’?
ATL: Thinking skills and research skills

What was the Product or Software developed and how does it work?

Brail keyboard and Learn to type game for blind children:

For this project i have decided to work with Thrisha in order to create a keyboard with brail writing on it, and along with that is a game that will teach them how to spell everyday words used in class and around the society by people. this will make the keyboard easy to use as well as make the disabled feel more comfortable being themselves.
For this we will be using a game app called scratch along with an old keyboard base, to do this we will take the keyboard apart by removing keys and the sheets and sticking rime stones in the shape of brail letters.
The game is going to be a maze that will tell the person through head phones a word to spell, then using the keyboard they will type the word that they are asked to and they will move a certain amount of steps and will eventually get to the end.

Pictures as inspiration for the project:

Who Developed it?

It was not previously developed- as far as we know- and it was a mixture of what me and Thrisha originally thought. As I decided to make something of dyslexics and Thrisha decided to make a game, we mixed my idea of helping disabled, we changed it into blind people as none of us are dyslexic so we couldn't make sure it works, so we changed the idea, and we will use her scratch idea to make it a fun experience.

How does the product help the society?

It helps the society as it changes the perspective of bind patients that they can fully use technology for their benefit. it will make the keyboard easy to use and once they are confident with the letters on the keyboard then they can start using that and normal keyboards in their everyday life including work or schools.

How we will make it?

Make a keyboard using an old one and take all of the keys off, then stick the rime stones on and connect it to a working monitor with the game on it. to make the game create background and characters and insert commands in it to use a voice for each word.

Critical Judgement:

Reflection on research:

This research project was very successful as me and my partner did our individual research to the best of our ability and when we came together we combined our ideas, Therefore, the rest of the research went smoothly and it was not too difficult to come up with an idea that is not only entertaining, but also helps the society greatly. We used the previous references as well as ideas that we used in the individual research which caused less waste of time on wrong sources, and a fast paced completion of criteria A.


References:

Frankenberger, C. (2016). Technology. Available:http://dyslexia.yale.edu/Technology.html. Last accessed 5th Jan 2016.     Kings, M. (2014). How to make a hand crank flashlight. Available:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTmLKf6CL4A. Last accessed 5th Jan 2016.